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Robert Haight

Robert Haight's most recent book of poems is Feeding Wild Birds (Mayapple Pess). He teaches at Kalamazoo Valley Community College and divides his time between the Lower and Upper Peninsulas of Michigan.

Cornfield In Fog

These monks
in their white robes
have fasted so long
only smiles
lean from their skeletons.

They are yellow teeth
and bones.

Tassel hats rattle
and silk sleeves swish
as they sweep the aisles
with brooms fashioned
from a stalk and leaves.

They whisper all morning
bow in the wind
then raise their heads
to the rising sun